does seachem discus buffer work??

Hi,
I'm pondering in getting an R/O system, in spite of the financial
barriers. Is Seachem's Discus Buffer a workable to lower the GH of my
water? Right now it's at 10 degrees. Would this product lower it to 4
or so? And do so without adding other things that bother discus?
(i.e. sodium?). Thanks for any info. My tank is a 55 gallon planted
tank. My ph is between 6.5 and 7.

-Wes

wrote:
Hi,
I'm pondering in getting an R/O system, in spite of the financial
barriers. Is Seachem's Discus Buffer a workable to lower the GH of my
water? Right now it's at 10 degrees. Would this product lower it to 4
or so? And do so without adding other things that bother discus?
(i.e. sodium?). Thanks for any info. My tank is a 55 gallon planted
tank. My ph is between 6.5 and 7.

-Wes

I just looked this up myself - Seachem's discus buffer is a phosphate
buffer. The water softening happens from calcium and magnesium
phosphate precipitation. Seachem doesn't recommend it for planted
discus tanks.

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Elaine T __
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rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com

It works great, but don't even think of going over 1 watt/gallon for
lighting while using this stuff.

I planted my tank and upgraded to 110w CF and BOOM massive suspended algae
problem. I couldn't even see to the back of the tank, a 55g! Those
phosphate baised products grow algae like crazy.

I switched to aging the change water, adding a sulfuric acid baised pH Down
and a water softening pillow. Water is now crystal clear...


-J

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wrote:
Hi,
I'm pondering in getting an R/O system, in spite of the financial
barriers. Is Seachem's Discus Buffer a workable to lower the GH of my
water? Right now it's at 10 degrees. Would this product lower it to 4
or so? And do so without adding other things that bother discus?
(i.e. sodium?). Thanks for any info. My tank is a 55 gallon planted
tank. My ph is between 6.5 and 7.

-Wes

I just looked this up myself - Seachem's discus buffer is a phosphate
buffer. The water softening happens from calcium and magnesium phosphate
precipitation. Seachem doesn't recommend it for planted discus tanks.

--
Elaine T __
http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__
rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com

Thanks for the replies!
From what I understand, though, the water softening pillows aren't that
great for Discus and other sof****er fish, since they simply
ion-exchange with sodium, with the fish don't much prefer. Is this the
case?

Thanks,
Wes